#2A255C#2A255C

#2A255C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.095 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A255C
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(245, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(245, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.31, 19.20, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.31, 37.64, 300.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.36% 0.0218 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(30.36% 0.095 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5476, 2.5879, 10.4357)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A255C #575C25

analogous

#253B5C #2A255C #46255C

triadic

#2A255C #5C2A25 #255C2A

tetradic

#2A255C #5C253B #575C25 #255C46

square

#2A255C #5C253B #575C25 #255C46

split-complementary

#2A255C #5C4625 #3B5C25

monochromatic

#0A0916 #161330 #2A255C #3E3788 #5248B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#2A255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A255C

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A255C	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.095 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685f8b',
    500: '#2a255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a255c;
$custom-light: #685f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 42.636,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30361,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A255C

secondary

#898F4D

accent

#D255C7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A255C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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